1. There is no mention in the Koran of 72 virgins in Paradise for the believer as comedian Bill Maher and others claim.
2. There is not one single verse in the Koran that says O Believers, do not befriend the Jews and the Christians however in bad translations from Urdu to English you may find such mistranslation. The Arabic verse clearly states Believers, take neither Jews nor Nazarenes (Christians) for your guides in spirituality, which is understandable.
[5.51] Believers, take neither Jews nor Nazarenes (Christians) for your guides. They are guides of one another. Whosoever of you takes them for a guide shall become one of their number. Allah does not guide the wrongdoers.
9.23] Believers, do not take your fathers or your brothers for a guide if they love disbelief rather than belief. Whosoever of you takes them for guides are the harmdoers.
[4.139] Those who take unbelievers for guides instead of believers, are they seeking might with them? Surely, the Might altogether belongs to Allah.
[4.144] Believers, do not take the unbelievers for guides instead of the believers, or do you desire to give Allah a clear authority over you?
3. There are several verses in the Koran that refer to killing the unbelievers (worshipers of stones), such verses relate directly to the battle fields of 1500 years ago, when early Muslims were persecuted as the early Christians persecuted. True path of Islam is moderation, therefore Muslims should lead exemplary lives and preach the religion to non- Muslims and not kill them. Over the centuries many non-Muslims choose to live under Islamic protections (i.e. Spain) and were never subjected to persecution.
4. The world will continue to suffer until non-Wahabi Sunni Muslims establish a non-Wahabi Sunni spiritual leadership that both the western and the eastern administrations acknowledge, respect and seek its just verdict, thereby replacing the current Wahabi, fanatic and misguided spiritual leadership.
5. When pronouns are capitalized they refer to the Creator, Allah. Examples: You, He, Him, His and, Own while pronouns such as Our, Ours, Us and We denote His Greatness not plurality.
6. Words occurring between (brackets) are not in the original text, rather, they are inserted to support the translation.
7. In this translation of the meaning of the Holy Koran we elected to replace the word Christians with the more accurate translation Nazarenes. To learn more about the Nazarenes and their roots, as well as the Christians and their roots, please refer to our informative research in the section Prophet Jesus in the Koran page 493.
8. Subtitles printed in Bold fonts are the translators effort to simplify the reading.
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THE HOLY KORAN

its meaning rendered into English
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